RECENT NEWS

Building work on Assura’s new surgery in Shirley near Southampton has officially completed, and the new facility is ready to welcome patients.

Security and access control solutions specialist, Abloy UK, has launched a new ‘white paper’, titled Securing the Future: Revolutionising Critical Infrastructure Access Control with Digital Solutions, which it says ‘investigates the transformative potential of digital access control technologies’, specifically focusing on the comparative strengths and weaknesses of Near Field Communication (NFC) and Bluetooth.

Willmott Dixon Interiors to deliver next phase of £11 m refurbishment at Brighton’s Royal Sussex County Hospital through SCAPE – one of the UK’s leading public sector procurement framework providers.

Healthcare engineering and construction specialist, MIG Medical, has launched what it says is the UK’s first healthcare design and innovation hub – its Healthcare Innovation Centre – at its Union House building in Altrincham.

Morgan Sindall Construction’s Cardiff team has been appointed by the NHS to deliver an extension to The Grange University Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) in Cwmbran, near Newport.

A new NHS Supply Chain regional distribution centre that will support 115 NHS Trusts is now fully operational at Gorsey Point strategically located within 3.5 miles of junction 7 of the M62, five miles from junction 12 of the M56, and close to the access point onto the Mersey Gateway Bridge, which links Runcorn and Widnes.

Medical Architecture has developed a carbon reduction plan in accordance with the requirements of the Procurement Policy Note PPN 06-21.

As part of the New Hospitals Programme, major work has begun at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital to deliver a new hospital building that will increase patient ward capacity across the region.

Chief Executive of Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation, Dr Richard Kirby, has been given an honorary doctorate (DSc) from Aston University in recognition of his significant contribution to healthcare leadership.

Representatives from NHS Property Services (NHSPS) attended a recent ground-breaking ceremony held recently to mark an important milestone for a new Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Hinckley, Leicestershire, set to open in early 2025.

Carrier has officially opened a new training academy at its Bracknell service and rentals depot, reinforcing its dedication to training, and ‘inspiring the next generation of engineers and technicians while helping to address the skills gap in the HVAC sector’.

NHS Property Services (NHSPS) has acquired and fitted out a new ambulance base in Warrington for Connect North West – a neonatal transportation service, delivered by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, and St John Ambulance.

Thanet District Council in Kent’s Planning Committee has recently voted unanimously to give outline planning permission to the long-awaited Thanet Health Campus, which developer, Quinn Estates, says will deliver a ‘once-in-a-generation’ project for the local area.

Eurofins Food & Water Testing UK has acquired Isopharm Laboratory, a ‘premier provider of accredited testing services across the UK healthcare decontamination and validation market’.

Glasgow-based software specialist, Simul8, is working with NHS Boards and Trusts on process optimisation initiatives ranging from patient scheduling in oncology units to patient flow through fertility departments, modelling maternity services, and optimising trauma and orthopaedic wards.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have launched a design competition to appoint an architect to design the new Fleming Centre building at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London.

‘Digitising fire safety compliance in healthcare estates’ will be the title of a free-to-attend webinar presented by Tom Ford, Honeywell’s National Business Development Manager for Connected Life Safety Services (CLSS) in the UK & Ireland (pictured), being held at 11.00 am on Wednesday 17 July in association with Health Estate Journal.

UV Smart, a specialist in ‘next-generation’ disinfection technology, is setting its sights on the UK healthcare sector, following a successful trial in the NHS and ‘ strong take-up’ in the global healthcare market for its UV solutions to decontaminate medical devices and equipment.

Bouygues UK has been appointed by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as lead contractor for the design and build of the new Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth, and demolition of the current MRI building at the hospital has commenced.

Procurement organisation and social enterprise, Fusion21, has announced the suppliers successfully appointed to its national Lifts Framework, which is worth up to £80 million over four years.